Weighting in LCA - approaches and applications

Environmental Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-109

  Bengtsson, Magnus ^a   Steen, Bengt ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WEIGHTING METHOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0034195238     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.670190208     Document Type: Article

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